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EPW018913 ENGLAND (1927). The Railway Bridge and Transporter Bridge over the River Mersey, Runcorn Gap, 1927
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Title | [EPW018913] The Railway Bridge and Transporter Bridge over the River Mersey, Runcorn Gap, 1927 |
Reference | EPW018913 |
Date | 17-July-1927 |
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Place name | RUNCORN GAP |
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Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 351031, 383435 |
Longitude / Latitude | -2.7356366244041, 53.345272362802 |
National Grid Reference | SJ510834 |
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Sunday 31st of May 2015 09:00:22 PM | |
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Saturday 28th of July 2012 08:31:35 PM |
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User Comment Contributions
Manchester Ship Canal and River Mersey, Runcorn, 28/05/2015 |
Class31 |
Sunday 31st of May 2015 09:01:07 PM |
... over the river mersey AND the Manchester Ship Canal. For Seangerard's info - both bridges have long gone and is now a single "coathanger" bridge although another road bridge is proposed. A transporter bridge picks up vehicles in a cabin on one side of the river and "transports" them to the other side suspended between the gantry you can see. |
![]() Ray(T) |
Monday 12th of January 2015 07:36:39 PM |
The railway bridge is still there and in use. Only the transporter bridge has gone. |
![]() ianarny |
Monday 12th of January 2015 07:36:39 PM |
Ray(T) the transporter bridge is long gone, replaced in 1961, but the railway bridge is still there alongside the Silver Jubilee Bridge which is a mini 'Sydney Harbour style' road bridge. |
![]() Pugwash |
Thursday 18th of September 2014 12:00:14 AM |
There's another transporter bridge nearby in the middle of Warrington. It's unused and in poor condition though. |
![]() pjcamera |
Thursday 18th of September 2014 12:00:14 AM |
In 1959 I drove my Post Office Telephones green van across the transporter from Widnes to Runcorn for telephone maintenance every day. I had to be the first on the car with an ICI tanker behind me. I used to have my lunch break in Runcorn so that I could sedate my nerves from the trauma in the pub! I was later promoted to Widnes telephone exchange about 1960 and I saw the new road bridge being built and when the job was finished we got a new cleaner who had just finished a few years rowing the safety boat on the Mersey every day downstream of the bridge. |
![]() Dave Croft |
Saturday 4th of May 2013 12:32:13 AM |
In 1959 I drove my Post Office Telephones green van across the transporter from Widnes to Runcorn for telephone maintenance every day. I had to be the first on the car with an ICI tanker behind me. I used to have my lunch break in Runcorn so that I could sedate my nerves from the trauma in the pub! I was later promoted to Widnes telephone exchange about 1960 and I saw the new road bridge being built and when the job was finished we got a new cleaner who had just finished a few years rowing the safety boat on the Mersey every day downstream of the bridge. |
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Saturday 4th of May 2013 12:32:12 AM |
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Tuesday 3rd of July 2012 05:47:44 PM | |
![]() Frank S |
Saturday 30th of June 2012 11:28:47 AM | |
Middlesbrough in the north east of england still has one,in use everyday operating over the river tees from middlesbrough to port clarence,celebrated its centenary in 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge |
![]() gus1961 |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 11:07:31 AM |
Could anyone tell me what a transporter bridge is ? Never seen his design of bridge before. Is it still there ? Is it still in use ? |
![]() Seangerard |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 03:19:59 PM |